The nurse is using self as a tool to enhance the therapeutic relationship with a patient experiencing a mental illness. Which theorist should the nurse recall as having introduced this concept?
1. Patricia Benner
2. Ida Jean Orlando
3. Hildegard Peplau
4. Florence Nightingale
3. Hildegard Peplau
Explanation:
Hildegard Peplau noted that the nurse uses self to evaluate or confirm that the work done with the patient is therapeutic. Patricia Benner also described the concept of self as a tool; however, Peplau, not Benner, introduced the concept. Ida Jean Orlando stated that the nurse use self as a reaction of perceptions, thoughts, and feelings in response to the patient's behavior. Florence Nightingale described the concept of self as necessary for all nurses and emphasized the concept of "whole self."
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